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Overview

Max Costa is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Medicine. Within these areas, they have a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Cancer Research, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Oncology.

The scientist's work is associated with several key topics including Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Trace Elements in Health, RNA modifications and cancer, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, Heavy metals in environment, and Chromium effects and bioremediation.

Max Costa has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Arsenic: A Global Environmental Challenge (2021) in The Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • Metals and molecular carcinogenesis (2020) in Carcinogenesis
  • XIAP's Profile in Human Cancer (2020) in Biomolecules
  • Isorhapontigenin (ISO) inhibits EMT through FOXO3A/METTL14/VIMENTIN pathway in bladder cancer cells (2021) in Cancer Letters
  • Arsenic Methyltransferase and Methylation of Inorganic Arsenic (2020) in Biomolecules

Their frequent co-authors include Huailu Tu, Thomas Kluz, Zhuo Zhang, Shan Liu, and Hong Sun, indicating collaboration across multiple studies and projects.

Max Costa's research has been published in various scientific venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Biomolecules
  • Cancer Letters
  • Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Best Publications

  • Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1).

    Qingdong Ke;Max Costa

  • Toxicity and Carcinogenicity of Cr(VI) in Animal Models and Humans

    Max Costa

  • Mechanisms of Chromium Carcinogenicity and Toxicity

    Mitchell D. Cohen;Biserka Kargacin;Catherine B. Klein;Max Costa

  • Carcinogenic nickel silences gene expression by chromatin condensation and DNA methylation: a new model for epigenetic carcinogens.

    Y W Lee;C B Klein;B Kargacin;K Salnikow

  • Epigenetics in metal carcinogenesis: Nickel, Arsenic, Chromium and Cadmium

    Adriana Arita;Max Costa

  • Toxicity and carcinogenicity of nickel compounds

    TP Coogan;DM Latta;ET Snow;M Costa

  • Oral Chromium Exposure and Toxicity

    Hong Sun;Jason Brocato;Max Costa

  • Carcinogenicity Assessment of Selected Nickel Compounds

    Adriana R. Oller;Max Costa;Günter Oberdörster

  • Mechanisms of Chromium-Induced Toxicity.

    Thomas L DesMarais;Max Costa

  • A simple, sensitive assay to detect DNA-protein crosslinks in intact cells and in vivo.

    Anatoly Zhitkovich;Max costa

  • Cap43, a novel gene specifically induced by Ni2+ compounds.

    Daoji Zhou;Konstantin Salnikow;Max Costa

  • Molecular mechanisms of nickel carcinogenesis.

    Max Costa

  • Molecular mechanisms of arsenic carcinogenesis.

    Chuanshu Huang;Qingdong Ke;Max Costa;Xianglin Shi

  • Oxidative stress alters global histone modification and DNA methylation

    Yingmei Niu;Thomas L. DesMarais;Zhaohui Tong;Yixin Yao

  • Epigenetics and the Environment

    Jessica E. Sutherland;Jessica E. Sutherland;Max Costa

  • Carcinogenic metals and the epigenome: understanding the effect of nickel, arsenic, and chromium

    Yana Chervona;Adriana Arita;Max Costa

  • The potential protective effects of taurine on coronary heart disease.

    Oktawia P. Wójcik;Karen L. Koenig;Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte;Max Costa

  • DMT1: Which metals does it transport?

    Michael D Garrick;Steven T Singleton;Farida Vargas;H-C Kuo

  • Metals and Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis

    Qiao Yi Chen;Thomas DesMarais;Max Costa

  • NDRG1, a growth and cancer related gene : regulation of gene expression and function in normal and disease states

    Thomas P Ellen;Qingdong Ke;Ping Zhang;Max Costa

Frequent Co-Authors

Chuanshu Huang
Chuanshu Huang New York University
Jingxia Li
Jingxia Li New York University
Paolo Toniolo
Paolo Toniolo New York University
Xianglin Shi
Xianglin Shi University of Kentucky
Vincent Castranova
Vincent Castranova West Virginia University
Maria P. Abbracchio
Maria P. Abbracchio University of Milan
Yu Chen
Yu Chen New York University
Henryk Kozlowski
Henryk Kozlowski University of Wrocław
Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte
Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte New York University
Emanuela Taioli
Emanuela Taioli Mount Sinai Health System

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